University in France
Alès, Occitanie, France
University profile
IMT Mines Alès (École nationale supérieure des mines d'Alès) is a French engineering school and a member of the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), a public institution for higher education and research in engineering and digital technology, supervised by the ministries in charge of industry and digital technologies. Its tagline is "Science and creativity to invent a sustainable world". Since 1 January 2017 it has been a school of the IMT; it has no legal personality of its own but continues to award its own degrees.
The school is in Alès, sub-prefecture of the Gard department and capital of the Cévennes, between the Cévennes and the Mediterranean, 45 km from Nîmes and 90 km from Montpellier. Alès has about 46,000 inhabitants. The Alès campus is split across the Clavières site (administration and teaching), the Louis Leprince-Ringuet technology campus (research centres) and the Maison des Élèves student campus. A further site, Helioparc, is in Pau.
The main programme is a generalist engineering degree built around six fields of excellence and 26 options: computer science and artificial intelligence; civil engineering and sustainable building; environment, energy and risks; eco-design of materials and processes; industry of the future; and mineral resources and subsoil management. About one third of the course is spent in companies, and a stay abroad of at least four months is compulsory. The school also trains engineers by apprenticeship (building, computer science and networks, mechatronics), and offers specialised masters (Mastères Spécialisés) and a Master's degree taught in English (DAMAGE), as well as doctoral training in five co-accredited doctoral schools.
Teaching and research are organised around three research and teaching centres: C2MA (materials), CERIS (computer science and AI) and CREER (environment, energy and risks), supported by technological platforms. A Creativity Hub, certified as a Mediterranean Sustainable Building, houses the incubator and a creativity facilitation team.
Students can live at the Maison des Élèves, a 10-hectare campus of 702 flats in 24 buildings with a bar, music room, gym, tennis courts, multi-sport complex and study rooms, managed by the Mines Alès Alumni association. The school has a medical-social unit with a nurse and a doctor, a student welfare office and a documentation centre. Nearly 115 international students, about half of them exchange students from partner institutions, represent more than 45 nationalities; the school has joined the "Bienvenue en France" label. Its engineering programmes are accredited by the CTI (Commission des titres d'ingénieur).
Civil liability insurance is compulsory (approximately EUR 34) and supplementary health insurance is strongly recommended. The CVEC (Contribution vie étudiante et de campus) is a separate contribution handled through the school's student welfare office.
EUR 6,000 for individual applications and EUR 11,000 for company applications (further education), paid by bank transfer at registration.
Rent at the Maison des Élèves varies from EUR 259 to EUR 415 per month including water, internet and electricity, before APL housing subsidies. The average price of a school canteen meal on the pay-as-you-go system is EUR 3.30. A student welfare office assists students facing social and material difficulties, and an inter-company social worker holds consultations on site twice a month.
Exchange students from partner universities and students on Erasmus+ are supported through the international office. See tuition fees and budget.
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View scholarships for IMT Mines Alès →Two routes lead to the generalist engineering degree. The Concours Mines-Télécom is open to candidates from the MP, MPI, PC, PSI, PT, TSI, BCPST and AST preparatory tracks. Admission sur titre (on qualifications) is for holders of a recognised Licence (L3), a BUT (BUT3) or a Master 1 level qualification; the application file is submitted on the AST recruitment platform shared by IMT Mines Albi, IMT Mines Alès and IMT Nord Europe, with candidates ranking the schools they apply to. Eligible applicants take two oral tests, an interview with a jury and an English test, which determine the final ranking. Admitted candidates then complete enrolment formalities online (tuition, social security cover, accommodation and any social grants).
International students are admitted through exchange programmes, credit-transfer or dual-degree agreements with partner universities, through IMT's collective recruitment campaigns (mainly in China, Colombia and Brazil), through the school's own partner recruitment (mainly Morocco and Mauritania, and Erasmus+), or by individual application on academic credentials via the recruitment channels organised abroad by IMT. Candidates selected by their home university are then selected by the school on academic standing and a recruitment interview. Non-native French speakers need a minimum French level of B2 before arrival. A French Summer School and a Welcome Week are organised for admitted students.
Three-year apprenticeship engineering courses (building, computer science and networks, mechatronics) admit students after a 2nd or 3rd year of BUT, a CPGE (ATS, PT, TSI and similar), or an L2 or L3. Applicants file online through the IMT portal, are pre-selected on file, and become eligible after a motivation interview and/or an English assessment. Candidates must be under 30 at entry (apart from exemptions) and sign an apprenticeship contract for the three years; final admission is confirmed when the contract is signed. Applications through Campus France are not accepted for apprenticeship courses.
Eligible applicants hold an engineering degree, a technical or scientific Master 2, or a technical or scientific Master 1 together with three years of professional experience in the extraction industry. The process is an application form with annexes, an individual interview (in person or by video), and a jury that meets twice a year, at the end of March and the beginning of June. Admitted students lacking the required level in mechanics, mathematics, physics, chemistry or geosciences take refresher courses and a pre-entry session.
The doctorate is open to holders of a Master's degree or an engineering degree. It lasts three years of research within an IMT Mines Alès research unit under a thesis director holding an HDR, within one of five doctoral schools. Doctoral students receive a salary or a grant and have the dual status of student and employee of the school.
All three Alès sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Student health services are provided by a medical-social unit staffed by a full-time nurse and a doctor holding weekly clinics, with psychological support by appointment.
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